
--Defensive tackle Johnny Jolly is in the clear to participate in the Packers' offseason activities.
His drug possession trial in Houston was postponed twice in late March and pushed back to start June 26.
The Packers complete their offseason program, which includes voluntary organized team activities in late May and early June, with a mandatory minicamp June 23-25.
Jolly, a starter, was arrested last July in Houston for possession of codeine. He was indicted in October on the felony charge.
--Receiver Greg Jennings recently reiterated that he isn't being consumed by his contract status with the team.
After emerging last season as Green Bay's top wideout, Jennings is entering the final year of his rookie contract as a second-round draft pick in 2006. He is considered the top priority among several players who will be in their contract year for the organization to reward with an extension before next year.
"In my heart of hearts, honestly, I feel like I'm going to be a Green Bay Packer for my career," Jennings told the Green Bay Press-Gazette. "That's me. And I don't want to say (the Packers) feel the same way and then they do something different, but I'm pretty sure they feel the same way. So, I should be here."
--New strength and conditioning coordinator Dave Redding is given to descriptive analogies when he talks football and weight training.
"This is an abusive sport," Redding said. "Because of the number of bodies out there flying around, 22 bodies flying around, there's not a sport like it in the world. There's more participants, there's more collisions, there's more pile-ups, more bodies."
In other words, it's like being in "a car wreck," Redding added pointedly.
So, Redding and his staff have the players on a nine-week workout program intended to keep them out of harm's way on the highway, er, football field.
"Building up muscle mass and building up strength and endurance and work capacity and workloads, hopefully we can prevent them from that car wreck taking over and winning the battle, so to speak," Redding said.
--The Packers will get a sneak peek at two of their regular-season opponents on the 2009 schedule in preseason action.
Matchups against the Cleveland Browns and the reigning NFC champion Arizona Cardinals are part of the four-game exhibition slate. The Packers will later meet the Browns and the Cardinals on the road.
Green Bay's first two preseason games will be at Lambeau Field - against the Browns on a to-be-determined date in an Aug. 13-17 window and the Buffalo Bills (Aug. 20-24).
The Packers will end the preseason at the Cardinals (Aug. 27-31) and at the Tennessee Titans (Sept. 3-4).
Green Bay will play the Titans in its final exhibition game for the eighth straight year.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I'm not interested in (lifting) numbers. I want them to be the same guy on the first play of the first game (as) on the last play of the last game, to make the block, the tackle, the catch, the throw, the kick to win you know what. That's what we're all here for - to get a ring. That's all that matters." -- First-year Packers strength and conditioning coordinator Dave Redding on the football-specific training regimen he has the players on the next several weeks.